2 Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church, established in the last days for the arestoration of his people, as he has spoken by the mouth of his bprophets, and for the cgathering of his dsaints to stand upon eMount Zion, which shall be the city of fNew Jerusalem.
3 Which city shall be abuilt, beginning at the btemple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and cdedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.
4 Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city aNew Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, which temple shall be creared in this generation.
5 For verily this generation shall not all apass away until an bhouse shall be built unto the Lord, and a ccloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the dglory of the Lord, which shall fill the house.
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2007-06-12 10:07:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Who was wrong Jesus or Joseph? If God is onniscient don't you think He'd known the temple wasn't going to be there, built by that generation and dedicated by Joseph Smith?
2007-06-12 10:08:54 · update #1
Keride's response is typical of Mormons. They drag out the prophesy so as long as possible. A generation would be that after everyone who was alive to hear the prophesy died, If it didn't happen in that time frame then it's a false prophesy. This is just one example of how the Mormons watered down and dilute their church's history. They don't want to admit to anything that would show the Joseph Smith was a false prophet.
BTW. It's the Mormons who hate other religions. You guys are the ones who want everyone to be Mormon. You are very intolerant of other religions. You are the ones who started saying the all other religions are evil, of the devil, an abomination to the Lord. Now who's hate'n who?
2007-06-12 12:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by MistyAnn 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The promises of the Lord will be fulfilled. Some are conditional upon our faithfulness. The generation of Saints at the time were not dedicated to this calling. They lacked sufficient faith and humility. They were boastful over their neighbors. The privilege of building the temple was taken from them.
The temple lot was in fact dedicated by Joseph Smith. A temple of the RLDS stands there. When the time comes an LDS one will be built. It took 150 years to rebuild Navhoo, so all in good time.
2007-06-13 16:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The fact that Smith made numerous 'prophecies' that later proved false does not deter the faithful (suckers) who respond that god is continually giving revelations that change to meet the salvation needs of the church. This is circular reasoning at it's roundest.
In other words, the Big Microsoft Programmer in the Sky keeps making all sorts of upgrades, most of which seem pretty useless.
2007-06-12 20:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't in the future. I think God knew it wouldn't happen but that doesn't mean he didn't plan for it ahead of time. God is all knowing and if He wants something to happen it eventually will. In the 1800s the Saints were going to build the temple and started buying up land so they could live in Missouri, but the mobs drove them out thereby preventing them from living there and building anything. If you read in other parts of D&C God states that they went through these trials because they had committed sin (pride, envy, greed, etc.) and they were slow to listen to His word.
God may have wanted the temple then and yeah it would have been great if it had been built at the time, but free agency could not be taken away from men. The Saints had to choose for themselves if they were willing to be righteous enough to be able to partake of the blessings and goodness of God.
The temple hasn't been built there yet but it will be. God's time is not our time and our thoughts are not His thoughts. We don't know what God has in store or what He wants to happen at what time. Sometimes it is just having faith and letting God decide when and where for us. Listening is our job.
2007-06-12 18:00:41 · answer #4 · answered by kelride 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Mormons still don't understand that to OTHER christians, God does not change, he is the same today, yesterday and tomarrow. Only the Mormon God changes his mind.
2007-06-13 10:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Joseph Smith knew he wasn't God.
It's time the Mormons figured it out as well.
2007-06-12 17:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Good Job Mr. Perfect!!!!
gw
2007-06-12 18:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by georgewallace78 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Yes she keeps writing that mormonism is wrong some how and that protestantism is the only way.....bah....bah..
Long Live Mormonism...
2007-06-12 19:22:03 · answer #8 · answered by Brother G 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋